It's easy to get alarmed about the climate; because of their dependency on crops, humans seem programmed to worry about climate, weather, and any risks to their food supply. But history shows there is nothing new about storms, warming, cooling, and natural disasters.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

2015 not the hottest year

The media is playing up the report that 2015 is the hottest year in recorded history, but that claim is based on so many assumptions that it is, at most, a theory. The temperature of most of Earth's surface is not even measured, and even less was measured in the past.

If the government was using actual historical temperatures, we'd have a different story, too.

The U.S. has by far the most comprehensive temperature measurements, and these show the U.S. was warmer in the past.

In fact, it was one of the least hot years on record in the US, ranking in the bottom ten of areal coverage of hot weather. During the 1930’s ninety percent of the US reached 95 degrees. Last year only 65% of the US made it to 95 degrees.

Last year also ranked near the bottom for frequency of hot days, which have also plummeted since the 1930’s.

This data is not in dispute and is not subject to any NOAA adjustments. Claims that 2015 was a hot year in the US are simply fraudulent.

Four years later, experts said that children just won’t know what snow is.

Monday 20 March 2000

the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters which are less cold than in much hotter summers. According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”.

In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. Recently arrived residents in the northern suburbs, accustomed to today’s anemic winters, might find it astonishing to learn that there were once ski runs on Ballantrae Hill in McLean, with a rope tow and local ski club. Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably don’t own a sled. But neighbors came to our home at Hickory Hill nearly every winter weekend to ride saucers and Flexible Flyers.

We used to go to the coast just south of San Francisco during the winter to watch the 10-20 foot waves crashing into the rocks. It is an incredible sight. That pathetic little wave was the best the geniuses at Wired come come up with for their brainless propaganda?

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